The criminal complaint against Michelle Mellinger alleges she used text messages to coordinate different sex rendezvous with four male students aged 15 to 17.

McKeesport teaching assistant accused of sex with multiple teen students

The criminal complaint against Michelle Mellinger alleges she used text messages to coordinate different sex rendezvous with four male students aged 15 to 17.

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Updated: 5:38 PM EDT Oct 26, 2015

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WEBVTT HAVING INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONS WITH MINORS. REPORTER: THIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT CHARGES THAT THE SPECIAL ED ASSISTANT USED SECTION MESSAGING WITH BOYS RANGING 14 TO 17. THIS IS MICHELLE MELLINGER SHE IS CHARGED WITH INSTITUTIONAL SEX ASSAULT AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST THE VICTIM. WHEN I SAW HER FACE I WAS LIKE IT CAN'T BE THE MICHELLE THAT LIVES HER. I'M SHOCKED. REPORTER: OTHER EMPLOYEES HERE IN THE MCKEESPORT AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT OVER HEARD STUDENTS TALKING ABOUT IT AND NOTIFIED SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS WHO CALLED IN MISS. POLICE WRITE-IN THIS CRIMINAL COMPLAINT THAT MICHELLE MELLINGER ARRANGED TO DRIVE EACH OF THE VICTIMS TO HER APARTMENT HERE IN THIS CONVERTED FORMER SCHOOLHOUSE IN WHITE OAK. I'VE SEEN KIDS THAT DIDN'T LIVE HERE COME IN N OUT. I MEAN I THOUGHT MAYBE THEY WERE VISITING HER CHILDREN, OR SOME OF THE OTHER CHILDREN IN THE BUILDING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS BEHIND THOSE DOORS. REPORTER: MCKEESPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT SAYS "OUR ADMINISTRATION TAKES THIS MATTER VERY SERIOUSLY AND WE HOLD OUR EMPLOYEES TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR STUDENTS." IT SAYS MICHELLE MELLINGER HAS BEEN PLACED ON LEAVE AND WILL HAVE NO CONTACT WITH TWO DENTS OR ACCESS TO DISTRICT FACILITIES. WHEN IS IT GOING TO STOP? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S THE SIGN OF THE TIMES, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. REPORTER: MICHELLE MELLINGER IS IN THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL, HER BAIL SET AT $50,000, HER PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY.

McKeesport teaching assistant accused of sex with multiple teen students

The criminal complaint against Michelle Mellinger alleges she used text messages to coordinate different sex rendezvous with four male students aged 15 to 17.